37 weeks

This week I am 37 weeks! I went to the Dr. on Monday in hopes of progress! :) As she was checking me, I was looking at her face to see a reaction before there were any words! Then she said.."you are a GOOD 3.5cm dilated and about 80% effaced." My mouth dropped! I could not believe that I had progressed one whole cm in one week. WOW! But the tough news is that she is going out of town for 5 days...sept 23rd-27th, and not just out of town but OUT OF STATE!!!! Gosh, I'm so nervous about that! I have another appointment on Monday and we're going to see if my body has progressed even more. If I've progressed to 4/5cm then she wants to put me in the hospital and see if we can get labor "really" started.
My prayer is that I will have peace about whatever decision is made on Monday, whether it be for me to go into the hospital or to wait a week. And I pray that if it doesn't happen this week, my body will wait for "the time" to be when my Dr is back in town!

35/36 weeks

Last week I was 35 weeks pregnant. I went to see my doctor, for I have started going once a weeks now. She checked me and I was 2cm dilated and 70% effaced. I was soooo excited and I really felt like that 2 mile walk I took 2 days before my appointment really made a difference.

This week I am 36 weeks pregnant. Today I went to the doctor and she checked me again. This time I am at 2.5cm and still 70% effaced. I was a little disappointed, but I know that I still have a few weeks yet. I was just wanting to have made more progress than that. I guess I'm just going to have to get out and make myself walk more than once a week. I was in so much more shape with Capri than I am this time. My doctor mentioned inducing me on the 29th of this month, but I really don't want to be induced! I told her that we would wait til next week to see if my body had made anymore progress. So I guess I need to "get to work!" :)

Please pray that everything will work out and that I will have my doctor when the time is right!

Baby Camel

Gosh, it has been soooooo long since I have posted anything! My last post was in December and then here we are in August...8 months have passed. Now for the updates:
Capri is now 20 months old, which is just so hard to believe how much she is growing into a little girl and isn't a little baby anymore. Don got a different position at the police department as the housing officer. I have started working twice a week with Ben Finch. And the biggest news; we are expecting again! This time it is a little boy and I am now 8 months pregnant! My due date is September 30th, which is just 44 days away! Whew, we've been busy!
We've decided on a name for this little boy; Campbell Nolan Boyd Nation. Campbell is my grandmothers maiden name, Nolan is just a name that Don and I both like, and then Boyd is Don's grandmother's maiden name. We have talked about just calling him Cam for short, but Capri has started saying Camel, so I'm thinking that will be what we call him for a while...."Little Baby Camel!" :)

MORE = MOOOO or MOOOO = MORE

Capri is sooooo much fun right now! She is 12 months going to be 13 months very soon! Her little personality has just started to shine through. And buddy let me tell you, she is a red head! lol She makes me laugh every single day and I am constantly amazed at how much she is learning. I've been teaching her animal noises and she LOVES to learn them. So far she knows: Lion, Elephant, Dog, Penguin, Chicken, Cow, Car and Santa. We've been working on: Fish and Zebra. I know, these animal nosies seem a little out of the ordinary to learn first thing, but we've been looking through a couple of her favorite books that contain these animals. She also knows the words Mama (which has now turned into Mommy without the M...for whatever reason I'm not sure), Dada, Pop, Papaw, Kitty, Light, Ball and Drink. She can identify these items: Flower, Tree, Eye, Foot, Amos (out cat), Ho Ho Ho Santa, and Passy. It is absolutely crazy how much a child grows and learns within a year! And I LOVE IT!!! :)
I have to tell you a funny story that just happened tonight. Don is in bed sleeping, getting ready to go into work and I had to tell someone. So I called my Mom first thing!
Capri and I have been working on the sign language for the word MORE. We work on this while she eats. She has done it a few times while she tries to say the word More...which just kinda comes out mmmmmm. Like I said above, we've also been working on animal noises and she has learned the noise for a cow. Tonight I introduced a new book that was full of different items to learn. We were going over a few.....tiger, butterfly, boy, girl...and I notice Capri is doing the sign for MORE and is making that mmmmm noise. I look over the pictures that we were looking at and at the bottom was a big black and white cow. She was staring right at it, putting her little hands and fingers together, nocking them back and forth! I was so proud that she was doing the sign just right! But why was she looking at the cow and saying more?...and that's when it hit me! She thinks the sign language sign for MORE means MOOOO for a cow!!! lol I cracked up! The word MORE and MOOOO in Capri's world sounds the same. So I guess our little one has come up with her own version of signing! WOW! And then I think, what a smart little girl to put those sounds together along with a picture of a cow and think of the sign for more! Gosh, it's just amazing to me what her little brain thinks!

Quick update

Gosh! I just realized that I haven't posted anything on my blog since September! I am falling way behind!
Capri turned 1 in November and I LOVE the age that she is at. She is soooo much fun at this point and I already dread her growing up into such a big girl. She is just so precious right now!
Christmas is approaching us so quickly. Here we are just the week before Christmas and I still can't believe that it's almost here. Then comes New Years and then Valentines Day. Then I personally start to feel like winter is over and "bring on the warm days and flowers!" :) But until then I love to see snow on the ground, drink hot coco, eat warm dinners and spend evenings full of friends, family and laughter! Winter is upon us folks!
Well I hope you all enjoy the new picture I placed at the top of my blog. It is one of new favorites of our Little Miss!

My School

Clearwater Baptist Church, here in Athens, offers something for pre-schoolers called "My School". For 9 months - 3 years is basically a mothers day out program. Due to things going on in our lives, Don and I have thought about putting little miss into a program like this. That way I can get some work done with my graphic design job and then also get some work done around the house and not have to overload anyone in the family. We came across My School because we attend church at Clearwater. This program is twice a week, Monday and Wednesday, from 9am to 2pm, which gives me five hours to get some work done. :) And today was Capri's first day at school! This morning we got up bright and early, had our morning bottle, breakfast and then out the door we went at 8:30am. I truely feel Capri will have a great time playing with all the kids and will also give her some time outside of our "home". I really don't want her to get too attached to me and not be able to go with other people. So I'm hoping this program with help her with that.
Today, I did not have to get any work done, so it's been pretty empty here at the house. :( It's crazy how all I can think about is my nasty home and all the other things I need to be doing but I can not because Capri takes up so much of my time. And then on a day that I don't have to be sitting in front of the computer working, or washing dishes, clothes, floors, or toilets....all I can think about is wonder what Capri is doing?! I'm assuming this is totally normal for a mother. I kinda feel guilty because I put my little girl in a "day care" so mommy can relax. But as my husband said..."it is called mother's day out for a reason." So I guess I need to think about it that way, and just know that she is having fun! Please let me know if this is a totally normal conversation to be having in my head!!!!!
Well, it is 1:21pm and I guess I need to be getting up and off to pick up my little one. Back to a noisy house.

Here she is, in the car and ready to get off to school for the first time!

9 months

Our baby girl is now 9 months old. Wow as time flown by! Here is our latest picture of our precious doll!